Work designs are used for construction projects to produce one or many construction estimates with resource requirements. Designs can ensure that all necessary requirements are accounted for before the actual work begins. A single project can have multiple versions so that you can compare different approaches to the project and how they might affect costs. Resources included on the original work design are carried over to each new version where users can make the needed adjustments.

Design elements “build” a work design by indicating the compatible units and other resources that are needed for one construction location where one or many assets are planned. Design Element CU List on the Compatible Units tab of the Design Element enables users to maintain information such as quantity, price type, responsible party, contractor bid, usage, and cost centers, to better reflect changes and to provide more accurate cost estimates. Once the Usage value is selected, the system returns a list of valid Cost Centers associated with that usage.